The Las Vegas Aces were scheduled to play the Washington Mystics on Friday at 7 p.m. EST. The plan, originally, was for them to get in on Thursday and then have practice on Friday morning before tipping off.

But then, came a travel nightmare.

According to the players’ Twitter accounts, they began their journey on Thursday afternoon.

Been at the airport for 6 hours…flight cancelled …woo chile this flying commercial is something else 😒

We can’t control the weather, but league can control whether or not player health will be put at risk tomorrow. Delays, cancelations & now taking a red-eye to get to DC @ 1pm. Aces will have been traveling for 24 hrs by the time we land. It takes less time to get to Sydney, AUS

Laimbeer flew commercially during part of his playing career with the Detroit Pistons, who in 1988 were the first NBA team to implement charter travel.

He relayed an understanding of the challenges of commercial flights, but pointed out it’s the standard across the WNBA and that teams must work through it because it’s unlikely to change in the foreseeable future.

“Everybody has to go through it. You have to play it,” Laimbeer said. “You can’t hang your head. You have to say, ‘I’m not tired.’”

By Friday morning, the tip-off was delayed an hour. And then, as people were piling into the arena, it was cancelled.

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